Screening Nostalgia: Populuxe Props and Technicolor Aesthetics in Contemporary American Film

Christine Sprengler

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List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1. Setting the Stage: The History of Nostalgia Chapter 2. The Fifties: Nostalgia's Privileged Object and the Origins of its Dominant American Strain Chapter 3. The Nostalgia Film in Practice and Theory Chapter 4. Sin City: Reading the Tails of a Populuxe Prop Chapter 5. Far From Heaven: Creative Agency, Social History and the Expressive Potential of Costume Chapter 6. The Aviator: Deliberate Archaism, Technicolor Aesthetics and Style as Substance Conclusion: The Good German and the Good of Nostalgia Filmography References Index

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